A new pub will open in Hull City Centre today just in time for the newest round of Trinity Festival Rebooted this Easter Weekend.
Joining the 11 venues participating with live music will be The Drum & Cymbals, which will be opening its doors ready for the festival. The festival will deliver almost 60 live free music shows from local musicians on the afternoon of Saturday, March 30.
The Drum & Cymbals pays homage to some local pub history - named after the original pub standing at the corner of Osbourne Street and Great Union Street from 1848 to 1956. It's now at the Corner of Whitefriargate and owned by brothers Robert and Anthony Jackson, who also own four other Old Town pubs.
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The brothers have been in the industry for the last 20 years since they opened Café Bar in Trinity House Lane in 2004, before renaming it after another old city centre pub name - The Star of the West. Since then, they have taken over Crown & Cushion and they have also had the Burlington in nearby Manor Street for 14 years.
Robert said, "From the outside, the Drum & Cymbals looks very modern with its big windows but inside there’s a traditional feel with a nice wooden bar – and with our policy of playing only 60s, 70s and 80s music. We’re delighted to be up and running and to start by taking part in one of the city centre’s big events – the pub has the perfect name for a music festival!”
The new pub will be joining the long list of pubs across the city centre taking part in the festival. They Include;
- Humber Dock Bar - 9 Humber Dock Street
- Hull Cheese - 39-41 Paragon Street
- Telstar 2 - Bowlalley Lane
- Scale & Feather - 21 Scale Lane
- Crown & Cushion - Trinity House Lane
- Savile Row - 53 Savile Street
- Monroes Bar - 18 Savile Street
- Cherrys - Savile Row
- Unit 49 - 49 Savile Street
- Calla - 53 Whitefriargate
- Drum & Cymbals - 1-2 Whitefriargate
- The Dram Shop - 2-4 George Street
Manager of Hull Cheese and The Dram Shop, Paul Lacken said "This is the fourth round of Trinity Festival Rebooted in the last few months and it’s been getting busier all the time.
“We’re trying to build up the DJ sessions and live music in both pubs and events like this help to build a framework. The Dram Shop was packed when we hosted the festival in January and what’s most pleasing is when our customers tell us the pub is getting back to its former glory.”
The Festival will start at Calla at 2pm on Saturday, March 30, kicking off with four performers and running until 9.45 pm. The other venues will each feature five different performances, running from 3.10 pm until 7pm.
Trinity Festival Rebooted is a part of the HullBID live events program. With roots in Trinity Festival, which from 2012 to 2017 gave local bands the chance to play support slots to big-name headliners in a series of free outdoor gigs. HullBID Executive Director, Kathryn Shillito said, "It’s fantastic to see a new bar opening in a busy part of the city centre and getting involved in Trinity Festival Rebooted straight away."
“We’re also delighted to hear from Paul at the Dram Shop and from other venues about the impact the festival is having in terms of helping them to pull in their crowds and build their businesses. It’s clear as well that the wider business community benefits from our events programme which is all about promoting the city centre evening economy."
“We’ve already started consulting with licensees on the next season of Trinity Festival Rebooted and will be announcing details of soon of more free live music sessions running in May, July and September.”
To see the list of performers at Trinity Festival Rebooted, visit their social media page here.
The Drum and Cymbals opens at 4pm today (Thursday).
